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Program Development

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Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs

There are two faculty-led models at GT:

Academic Unit Model:

  • Program is organized and administered through academic unit with OIE providing all services (Download PDF Version) that are not program specific
  • Program must adhere to GT's Program Proposal and Approval Guidelines and all GT policies and rules governing Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs
  • Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs must submit the following documents to OIE:

1. Faculty-Led Study Abroad Request for Approval

2. Study Abroad Course Proposal Form

3. Study Abroad Financial Statement

OIE and Academic Unit Joint Collaboration Model:

  • OIE provides administrative and logistical coordination (i.e. student advising related to the international experience, budget, housing, transportation, etc.)
  • Academic unit organizes all curricular details (i.e. academic advising, courses, site visits, professors, collaboration with academic units at host university, etc.)
  • Program must adhere to GT's Program Proposal and Approval Guidelines and all GT policies and rules governing Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs
  • Faculty-Led Study Abroad Programs must submit the following documents to OIE:

1. Faculty-Led Study Abroad Request for Approval

2. Study Abroad Course Proposal Form

3. Study Abroad Financial Statement

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Linkage Agreements/Formal Relationships with Universities Abroad

Categories Of Exchange Programs GT is interested in establishing relationships with high caliber international institutions to facilitate academic exchanges and other cooperative activities. Most of these partnerships are initiated by individual faculty members. Most agreements fit into one of three broad categories:

Exchange Programs and Linkage Information
Bilateral Student Exchange A bilateral exchange is a formal agreement between GT and a foreign university. GT students pay normal tuition and fees for GT while swapping places with a foreign student from a partner university for a semester or sometimes an academic year. Please see our current list of GT Exchange Programs.

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International Academic Projects (IAP)

International Academic Projects (IAP) are usually set up by individual professors and individual students to do research or another type of educational project abroad. Participants in IAPs are engaged in academic or research work that will be partially or wholly completed outside of the United States. Some participants in IAPs register for academic or research credit hours, as determined by the faculty member overseeing the project. Participants may or may not be accompanied by a GT faculty or staff member while abroad. Students are required to download and complete an IAP packet.

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Sponsoring International Students and Scholars

International students (non-immigrants that will be coming to Tech on a student visa) can generally be divided into two classifications: degree-seeking students and exchange students.

If the student is interested in becoming a degree-seeking student at Tech, then the first place to start is the Admissions Office. The Graduate Admissions Web site is www.grad.gatech.edu and the Undergraduate Admissions Office Web site is scwork1.success.gatech.edu/index.shtml. After being admitted to a program of study at Tech, the Office of International Education can assist students in their transition to Tech, to Atlanta, and the United States. Please see these two sites that can help new students with their adjustment: www.oie.gatech.edu/isss/students/prearrival.html and www.oie.gatech.edu/isss/general/faq/.

If the student is interested in coming as an exchange student, please see the section above "Bilateral Student Exchange."

Tech also invites international faculty to perform research or teach at Tech as apart of the Exchange Visitor Program. To sponsor a visiting research scholar or professor, please see the details at www.oie.gatech.edu/isss/forms/. This site describes the eligibility requirements for the Exchange Visitor Program. For specific questions regarding this process, please contact info@oie.gatech.edu.

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Research Collaboration

Collaborative International Research Projects. As a member of the Tech faculty, you may be interested in establishing new contacts with faculty in other countries or developing research collaborations with existing overseas contacts. There are a number of ways that this might occur. First, it is relatively easy to establish faculty exchange programs whereby faculty from two universities exchange places or whereby faculty from an overseas university come to collaborate in research with colleagues at Georgia Tech. There are currently many visiting scholars (post docs and faculty) from overseas. In addition, there are a number of other ways to engage in international research collaborations. For example, Georgia Tech and an overseas partner might jointly sponsor a conference on a research theme of interest to faculty in both universities. There might be two conferences one year apart with one held here and the other at the partner institution. Or, Georgia Tech might sponsor a Symposium involving faculty from universities in the US but also involving significant numbers of faculty from other countries. Such collaborations are an important part of increasing the international climate at Georgia Tech.

OIE would like to assist faculty who are interested in developing research collaboration projects or putting together conferences and/or symposia that involve researchers from outside the U.S. We can offer information about available sources of funding for these initiatives and may have some internal seed money to assist with such endeavors. Contact Amy Henry, Executive Director of OIE.

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Curriculum Development

One of the ways to internationalize Georgia Tech is to increase the international content in our curriculum. This can be accomplished either by adding international content to existing courses or by adding courses with international content to the curriculum.

It is also possible to add new majors, minors, or certificates that have an international theme thereby encouraging students to take a range of international courses.

OIE would like to assist faculty who are interested in developing new international courses, revise existing courses or create new degree or certificates with international content or emphasis. We may be able to provide some useful information about approaches to internationalizing the curriculum as well as possible sources of funding for such efforts including internal funding. Any faculty member interested international enhancement of the curriculum should contact Amy Henry, Executive Director of OIE for more information and for possible funding opportunities.